In Devon Partnership NHS Trust v SSHC [2021] EWHC 101 (Admin), handed down on 22 January 2021, the Divisional Court has… Read more
Tag: Mental Health Act
Shedinar: the (dread) MHA/MCA interface
In this (possibly over)ambitious shedinar, updated in August 2023, I take on the interface between the Mental Health Act 1983… Read more
Mental Health Tribunal rule consultation
The Tribunal Procedure Committee has opened a consultation, closing on 7 April, on extending the window within which the Mental Health… Read more
The MHA, force-feeding and best interests
In JK v A Local Health Board [2019] EWHC 67 (Fam), Lieven J had to grapple with the intersection between the… Read more
Mental Health Act changes as of 11 December – regulations and guidance now published
The changes to ss.135 and 136 MHA introduced by the Crime and Policing Act 2017 are coming into force on… Read more